Railroad-tie.



'0. VV. SMITH.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.2Y.1914.

Patented M1126, 1915.

, teeter under the action of .is a perspective view UNTTED STATES PATTN T CHARLES WI. SMTH, F NORTH BALTIMORE, EL'.

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Application filed February 27, 1914-.

To all 't0/0m it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, North Baltimore, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, oiiivhich the'following is a specification.

Thedevice' forming the subject matterof this application is a metallic railroad tie, and one object of the present invention is to provide a tie in which may be secured.

Another objectof the invention is to provide a railroad tie which7 when the ballast is properly tamped thereagainst, will not move endivise'. l

The invention aims to provide a railroad tie which Will not readily tilt endvvise or the rolling stock.

' lit is Within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility ot', devices of that type te Which the present invention appertains.

lilith the above and other objects in vi'eiv which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combina tion' and arrangement of parts andin the details of yconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood 1 that changes in the precise embodiment ot the invention herein disclosed can beimade Within the scope of what is claimed Without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

Tn the accompanying drawings :F igure l shows `in top plan, a tie constructed in accoi-dance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section on' the line Q`2 of Fig. l, the

rails being shown as added details; Fig. 3 is i a section on the line Sof Fig. 2; Fig. l is a section on the line M of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective vieiv showing one clip; Fig@ of one filler block; Fig, i" is a fragmental Fig. 2, but showing a modified form of the invention. p

The tie herein disclosed preferably is fashioned from metal, saving as modilied, cast steel preferabl i being used.

The tie embodies a channel l, the bottom of which is denoted numeral 3 indicating channel. A portion of the bottom 2 of the channel, adjacent the center oiv the channel sstruck upwardly as indicated at 4: to delne transverse recess 5 extended entirely through the tie, there being a depending Web 6 extendedlongitudinally of the recess and Specification of Letters Patent.

residing at an adequate drainage Y platforms tergral ly with -These iller section, similar to .gaOe on sharp curves and elsewhere. hereinafter by the numeral 2, the the side ivallsgof the Patented an. itil serial ne. 521,503.

dividing the same into receiving pockets L he constructionabove described Vserves to ldefine a transverse partition in thc intermediate portion of the tic, as ivill'beunderstood best When Figs. and 2 are compared.

At this point it may i the ballast is properly tamped into the pooliets 7,. an endivise movement of the tie vvill -beprevented and, further, owing to the fact that the lower supporting base portions of the tie lie adjacent the ends oi`l the channel l, there will be but little tendency for the tie to teeter vertically about a fulcrum lying'intermediate the rails.

Theside rvalls 3 of the channel l are connected adjacent the ends of the channel by 8 spaced 'from the bottom 2, the platforms preferably being formed integrally with the channel l. @Wing to the fact that the 'platforms 8 are formed inthe channel, the side Walls 3 remain unencumbered, belon7 the platforms S, and thus water collecting Within the contour of the channel l may lio'iv readily out of the same. The inner ends 9 of the platforms S are spaced apart from the ends of the upstruck portion l. By this construction, ivater received in the intermediate portion oi' the tie may flow down and out beneath the platforms. :llt this point it'may be noted that the upstruck portion fl of the tie serves to prevent Water from accumulat ing` adjacent the center ot' the tie. itt their outer ends, the platforms 8 are equipped ivith abutments l0 preferably taking the form of npstanding flanges.

Resting upon the platforms 8 are filler blocks ll which may be made of Wood. blocks ll are engaged at their outer ends by the abutments lO. In the filler blocks il are formed openings which may be'tvariouhsly positioned, the openings preferably taking the orm of longitudinal. slots l2 which permit of av slight change of two opposed ballast ing upon the filler blocks ll and substani tially co-extensive in length with the channel l is a top plate l-lhaving slots l5 which are alined ivith the slots l2 in the `filler blocks ll.

. Superposed upon the top plate le are clips 1G, one of which is shoivn in detail in Fig. 5. Each clip, denoted by the numeral 16 is provided'ivith an opening l?. i securing element which may be a bolt and nut structure 18 passes through the opening 17 in the clip be noted that when Rest- Y 11,126,119. j D

16, through one of'the openings 15 in the cumulatingat the center of the tie. Since top plate 1li-and through one of the openthe platforms 8 are spaced from the bottom 65 ings 12 in the filler block 11,"the platform 2 of the tie, water mayflow readily out of 8 being provided with openings 28 which the ends of the tie, and this result is made f 5 `are adapted'to'receive the securing elements. possible by reason of the fact that the inner By the construction above outlined, the clips ends 9 of the tie are spaced apart from the Y i 16, the top plate 1&1, the filler block 11 and ends of theytransverse partition formed by 70 the rail 24 are connected'with the platform the upstruck portion L1 ofthe bottom of the 8. Adjacent its inner end, the clip 16 is tie. The clips 16 may be shifted longitud;`

10 provided with a notch 19 and with an opnally ofthe tie, toward and away from eacii posed notch 20, the notch 2O being slightly other, and be held in' adjusting positions by longer than the notch 19, 'measured longithe securing elements 18. Further, the clips 75 tudinally of the tie. It is in one or the other 16 inay-be inverted, to permit a change ofv ofthese notches 19-20 that the flange of the the gage of the track. Since the clips and -rail 24: is received, as will be understood `the top plate 14 are equipped with the ser:

readily from Fig. 2. The clip 16 is rerations 21 and22, the clips can not move versible, and owing to the fact that the 'endwise and, further, the clips -can not swing 80 notches 19 and 20 vary in extent, rail ,bases with the securing elements 18 as centers, beo-f different widths mayy be accommodated cause the lugs 23 upon the clips are engaged 20 as is necessary when a rail of a given weight in the slots or openings 15 in the top plate 14..

is replaced by a rail of dierent Weight. In Having thus described the invention, what order to prevent the clips l16 from shifting is claimed is 85 in the direction of the length of the tie, the i1. A tie of the class described comprising clips are serrated transversely upon theirV a-chann`el having an lintermediate transverse upper and low-er faces as shown at 21, the partition and provided with platforms lotop plate 14 being serrated about-the slots cated adjacent the ends of the partition and 15 therein, as indicated at 22. Obviously, spaced from the ends of the partition; fillers 90 when the serrated portions 22 and 21 are supported uponthe platforms and rail holdinterengaged, the clip will not tend to move ing means assembled with'the fillers.

3o longitudinally of the tie. The clip 16 may' 2. A tie of the class described, comprising be equipped upon its upper and lower faces a channel having an intermediate transverse with lugs 23 'adapted to engage in the slots partition andA provided with` platforms lo 95 l 15 -of the top plate 14. These lugs, being cated adjacent the ends` of the partition, the engaged in the slots, tend to prevent the inner ends of the platforms being spaced 5 clipv kfrom swinging with the securing -elefrom the partition, and the outer `ends of ment 18 as a center. Obviously, by loosenthe platforms having upstanding abuting the securing bolt 18, .the clips may be ments; fillers `resting on the platforms and 100 shifted longitudinally of the rail, the slots engaged by the abutments; and rail holding 12 and 15 permitting this adjustment. vmeans assembled with the fillers.

A In Fig. 7 av modification is shown, wherein 3. A tie of the class described comprising divers of the parts hereinbefore described a channel including a bottom and side walls,

are employed, these parts being designated a portion of the bottom adjacent the center 105 by reference characters previously used,with v of theichannel being struck upwardly to dethe suffix 'a. The modification shown in fine a transverse recess extended entirely Fig. 7 consists in dispensing with the top through the tie, there being a` depending plate 14 and using in lieu thereof an ordiweb extending longitudinally of the recess nary tie plate 25 upon which the rail 26 and dividingvthe same into two opposed, 110 rests, spikes 27 being passed through the ballast-receiving pockets.

plate 25 into engagement with the 4filler A. A tie of the class described comprising blocks 11, AThe blOGk held by lOOltS 18E a channel having a platform extended there- Referring particularly to Fig. 2- ofthe across; a filler resting on the platform; a drawings, in summing up the advantages of top plate resting on the-filler; a clip resting 115 the invention, it will be observed that owing on the top plate; and a securing device en- 'to the fact that the tie` is provided intergaged with theiclip, the top plate, the filler ,55 mediate its ends and in its bottom with the and the platform.

concavity indicated at 5, the tie will not tend In testimony that I claim the foregoing as to move endwise when the ballast is in'place. my own, I have hereto aftixediny signature 120 @wing to the fact that this concavity or re-A in the presence of two witnesses.

cess ais intersected by the depending web j I CHARLES W SMTH '60 6, the tie will not tend to move crosswise in the track.' The transverse partition formed Vitnesses: by the upstrucl portion 4 of the bottom of I?. P. RIEGLE, the tie serves to prevent moisture from ac- RAY D. AVERY. 

